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MakerMade by Grueby Pottery Company(American, 1894–1920)American, 1894–1920

CultureAmerican

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Tile

Date1894–1919

Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States

MediumEarthenware

DimensionsOverall: 6 × 6 × 3/4 in. (15.2 × 15.2 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of the estate of Ira J. Jackson

Object number2013.349

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceEstate of Ira J. Jackson; given to MFAH, 2013.
Published References For illustrated tiles in the tulip design see: Robert Judson Clark, editor. The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916, 142, no. 146. L. Henzke, American Art Pottery, 196. (An illustration of this model mounted in bronze by Tiffany Studios for use as a tea tile) Susan J. Montgomery, The Ceramics of William Brueby: The Spirit of the New Idea in Artisitic Handicraft. Lambertsville, NJ: Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press, 1993. (To see a border of tulip tiles see Fig. 82 on p. 58, Details of Tile Works in Bath Rooms, Farmhouse ["Dreamworld"] for Thomas W. Lawson Esq. Scituate, Mass. Grueby Faience Company, 1902. Brickbuilder October 1902.) Karlson, Norman. American Art Tile, 1876-1941. New York: Rizzoli, 1998. Montgomery, Susan J. The Ceramics of William H. Grueby: The Spirit of the New Idea in Artistic Handicraft. Lambertville, NJ: Arts & Crafts Quarterly Press, 1993. Perry, Barbara A. American Art Pottery from the Everson Museum of Art. New York: Harry R. Abrams, 1997. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso- “SL” are painted in large, casual letters in white glaze on the back, and there is a sticker with " E5 "handwritten on it.

Remnant of trademark sticker along edge of tile: Lotus blossom in center surrounded by GRUEBY POTTERY BOSTON USA and REGISTERED TRADEMARK

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